Jaahnavi Kandula's Family Mourns Lost Child, Slams Video Release Delay

Jaahnavi Kandula's grandfather said the young woman's parents were "deeply distressed" by the video and that it had added to trauma and depression her mother faces even today, months after her daughter's death.

The family of Jaahnavi Kandula, the young woman who died in the United States in January after being hit by a patrol car, has raised serious questions over the delay in release of bodycam footage in which a Seattle police officer is heard laughing about the horrific incident. Recent reports including in media of the handling of Ms Jaahnavi Kandula's death in a road accident in Seattle in January are deeply troubling. We have taken up the matter strongly with local authorities in Seattle & Washington State as well as senior officials in Washington DC

Ms Kandula's grandfather said the young woman's parents had been left "deeply distressed" by the video and that it had added to trauma and depression her mother continues to face; "This makes it worse. How can anyone speak like that after a tragic accident?" he asked.

"My daughter brought Jaahnavi up with great difficulty!"